Global Patent Index - EP 0147958 B1

EP 0147958 B1 19880420 - IMPROVEMENT IN AND RELATING TO DOCUMENT SCANNERS

Title (en)

IMPROVEMENT IN AND RELATING TO DOCUMENT SCANNERS

Publication

EP 0147958 B1 19880420 (EN)

Application

EP 84308441 A 19841205

Priority

GB 8334480 A 19831224

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0147958A2] A document scanner of the kind wherein a wedge-shaped scanner housing (16, 18) is vertically movable on a main housing (10) to locate an inclined scanned window against a document resting on a trough-like document support (14) beneath the scanner housing, and wherein the scanner housing is manually movable up and down for location against and removal from a document to be copied, and counterbalancing means are provided within the main housing to facilitate such vertical housing movement.

IPC 1-7

G03G 15/00; G03B 27/32; H04N 1/10

IPC 8 full level

G03B 27/32 (2006.01); G03B 27/52 (2006.01); G03B 27/62 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01); H04N 1/107 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G03B 27/526 (2013.01 - EP US); G03B 27/6221 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 15/605 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 1/10 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0147958 A2 19850710; EP 0147958 A3 19860212; EP 0147958 B1 19880420; AT E33722 T1 19880515; AU 3703584 A 19850704; DE 147958 T1 19860227; DE 3470615 D1 19880526; GB 2151873 A 19850724; GB 2151873 B 19870408; GB 8334480 D0 19840201; GB 8425479 D0 19841114; JP S60158767 A 19850820; US 4623247 A 19861118

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 84308441 A 19841205; AT 84308441 T 19841205; AU 3703584 A 19841221; DE 3470615 T 19841205; DE 84308441 T 19841205; GB 8334480 A 19831224; GB 8425479 A 19841009; JP 27167984 A 19841221; US 68217084 A 19841217